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Change: plain film image below. It would be brave person who would offer a firm diagnosis on the abdominal plain film above! The Thermometer Analogy I have a colleague who suggests that an abdominal plain film is a
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Change: bit bit like taking a patient's temperature. A patient with a significantly high temperature indicates that the patient is unwell, but is highly unlikely to throw up a diagnosis in isolation. The Importance of Clinical Context- Putting the Pieces together Some abdominal plain films are
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Change: concentric. This is probably just a chance event. They do not have the randomness of normal small bowel but equally are not dilated. Clinical Context Patient has renal colic Other Imaging The patient proceeded to have a CT abdomen where a
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Apr 7 2008, 8:48 PM EDT
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Change: They do not have the randomness of normal small bowel but equally are not dilated. Clinical Context Patient has renal colic Other Imaging The patient proceeded to have a CT abdomen where a 5.4cm left renal stone was found with left upper renal tract obstruction with moderate left hydronephrosis. Comment
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Apr 7 2008, 1:42 AM EDT
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Change: ? stoma in left iliac fossa ? sacral spina bifida occulta Summary The appearances are not specifically abnormal but are suspicious of an early or low grade small bowel obstruction. Erect Image There are a few air/fluid levels There are a few gas bubbles
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Apr 7 2008, 1:06 AM EDT
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Change: interpretation can turn a relativelymundanerelatively mundane radiographic procedure into a much more interesting and satisfying procedure. You are also more likely to perform appropriate supplementary views if you are able to identify pathology on the routine views. back to the Applied Radiography home page
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Apr 7 2008, 1:03 AM EDT
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Change: Abdominal plain films are not necessarily either normal or abnormal; this is not a dichotomy- it's a continuum. If you are one of those people that likes to categorise things, you could think of them as being; normal -------------> probably normal ----------> suspect ------->probably abnormal-----> definitely abnormal An abdominal
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Apr 7 2008, 12:58 AM EDT
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Change: image interpretation is one of those areas of medical imaging that is widely considered by radiographers to be confusing and unmasterable. There are many reasons for this perception It is confusing It often doesn't have meaning without a clinical context (but not always) It requires sustained effort to master
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Apr 7 2008, 12:56 AM EDT
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Change: procedure into a much more interesting and satisfying procedure. You are also more likely to perform appropriate supplementary views if you are able to identif pathology on the routine views. An abdominal plain film will not always provide a diagnosis.
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Apr 7 2008, 12:51 AM EDT
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Change: patient may have a SBO. The plain film apearance is consistent with a low grade or early SBO. Summary The abdominal plain film is a commonly performed examination despite its limitations. It is not normally a challenging radiographic procedure except in the moribund and/or morbidly obese patient. Its radiographic
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Apr 7 2008, 12:46 AM EDT
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Change: The clinical picture places a completely different persepctive on the two abdominal plain film images. The patient has a history of Crohn's disease which is
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Apr 7 2008, 12:11 AM EDT
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Change: The The abdominal plain film is one of those areas of medical imaging that is widely considered by radiographers to be confusing and unmasterable. There are many reasons for this perception It is confusing It often doesn't have meaning without a clinical context (but not always) It requires
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Change: Renamed from The Abdominal Plain Film in Clinical Context by Apr 7 2008, 12:06 AM EDT for: Rename
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Change: In the absence of any other information, all you can say about this patient's abdominal film is that there are several prominant central loops of gas-filled small bowel. These loops of small bowel happen to look quite odd in that they appear concentric.This is probably just a chance event. Clinical
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Apr 6 2008, 9:46 PM EDT
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Change: the four sources of information shown below may suggest a diagnosis, the likelihood of correct diagnosis will require a balancing of all four findings. Case Study
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Apr 6 2008, 9:38 PM EDT
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Change: a littleoften like looking at the abdominal image below. It would be brave person who would offer a firm diagnosis on the abdominal plain film above! The Thermometer Analogy At the risk of overdoing the analogy thing, I have
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: At the risk of overdoing the analogy thing, I have heard taking an abdominal plain film as being a bit like taking a patient's temperature. A patient with a signifiv=cantly high emperature suggests that the patient is unwell but is unlikely to throw up a diagnosis in isolation. The
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